Baseball is one of the favorite sports in the U. S. A. Children play baseball in sports fields or parks.

At summer picnic, there is often an informal baseball game. Boys and girls, young and old take turns to bat. There are nine players on each team.

The baseball season goes from April to September. During this time, baseball matches are showed on TV and members(成员) of the important baseball teams become America’s heroes (英雄). At the end of the season, the two top teams play against each other. Many baseball fans go together to watch the game. Millions of others listen to the radio or watch the television. People seem to talk only about the game. Even long after it is over, they still talk about the result and the players.

American football is perhaps the most popular sport in the U. S. A. The football season begins when the baseball season ends. More people are interested in football than baseball. When there is an important game, thousands of people sit beside radios or in front of television sets to get the result.

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1.According to the passage, which is NOT true?

A. Boys and girls like baseball games.

B. Baseball is played in the open air.

C. A baseball game has nine players.

D. Children sometimes play baseball in parks.

2.American people play baseball in April, _______ and September.

A. May, June, July, August

B. March, May, July, August

C. January, June, October, November

D. February, May, July, December

3. What happens at the end of the baseball season?

A. People talk only about football games.

B. Many baseball fans become members of top teams.

C. A lot of people join in the games.

D. Two top teams play a wonderful baseball game against each other.

4._______ follows the baseball season in the U. S. A.

A. The baseball season B. The football season

C. A baseball match D. A football match

5. This passage mainly tells us something about _______.

A. the football season in the USA.

B. football is more interesting than baseball in the USA.

C. the difference between baseball and football

D. the baseball season in the USA.

Many daily American expressions are based (以……为基础) on colours.

Red is a hot colour. Americans often use it to represent heat. When they say “red-hot”, that means they are very angry about something. Loud music is popular with many people. Some may say that such music is red-hot.

Pink is a lighter kind of red. People sometimes say “I’m in the pink” when they are in good health. The expression was first used in America at the beginning of the 20th century. It probably comes from the fact that many babies are born with a nice pink colour that shows that they are in good health.

Blue is a cool colour. The old Blues music in the United States is the opposite of red-hot music. Blues is slow and sad. Someone who is “blue” is very sad.

The colour green is natural for trees and grass. But it is an unnatural colour for humans. A person who has an upset stomach may say “I’m feeling a bit green”. A person on a boat who is feeling very sick from high waves can be said “look very green”. Sometimes a person may be very jealous because he does not have anything as nice as someone has, like a fast new car. That person may say “I’m green with envy”. Some people are green with envy because someone has more dollars or “greenbacks”. Dollars are called greenbacks in American slangs because that is the colour of the bottom of their bank notes.

The colour black is used often in expressions. People may say “it’s a black day” when everything goes wrong on that day.

In some cases, colours describe a situation. Blackouts were common during the World War II. All the lights in a city were turned off at night to make it difficult for enemy planes to find their aims in the dark.

1.What does “I’m in the pink” mean?

A. I’m sad. B. I’m happy.

C. I’m healthy. D. I’m worried.

2.We describe a day on which everything goes wrong as ______.

A. a red day B. a green day

C. a pink day D. a black day

3.What does the underlined word, “blackouts” mean in Chinese?

A. 漆黑的夜晚 B. 穿黑衣服外出

C. 灯火管制 D. 去掉黑色

4.Which of the following sentences is TRUE, according to the passage?

A. People in the USA use the colour black to express heat.

B. If you are blue, you are very happy.

C. Blue and red are both warm colours.

D. If someone is very rich, you may be green with envy.

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